>Books about the love of books*
Does Stoner count? It's about the quiet passion the English language and literature.
I cried a few times. Keep in mind, it's also a sad book.
The Name of the Rose
Ficciones?
Calvino's book about classics
bolaƱo
Don Quijote
Basbanes' A Gentle Madness, and most of his other books. They're interesting.
If on a winter's night a traveller
"The City Of Dreaming Books" by Walter Moers is quite nice and entertaining.
Alberto Manguel